Climate Studies often identifies the harmful public health effects associated with rising atmospheric temperatures, episodes of extreme weather and other results of a changing climate.

Report by WHO

On Wednesday, a report is released by World Health Organization presents the public health benefits that could come with addressing the issue.

Paris Agreement is crucial

According to the report, millions of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars could be saved if the commitments of 2015 Paris climate agreement are met. The Paris Agreement is a pledge among representatives from countries around the globe to make an effort against climate change, particularly by lessening their country’s carbon output and halting global warming below 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels by the end of the century.